Danny Elfman Scores 'The Kingdom' with Spectrasonics

Burbank, CA - October 1, 2007 - From his days as leader of the infamous band Oingo Boingo, to a masterful career at scoring films including modern classics like Spiderman, Batman, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands, Men In Black and Beetlejuice, Danny Elfman is a living musical legend.

The new Middle East-focused thriller "The Kingdom" (Universal) was scored by Danny Elfman. The movie features Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper and Alias star Jennifer Garner.

Longtime Elfman technical expert, orchestrator and musical associate Marc Mann, mentioned that there was a lot of Spectrasonics software used on the score including Atmosphere, Trilogy and Stylus RMX. Mann said, "Stylus RMX was used to create a lot of percussion textures that were used throughout. Atmosphere is very aptly named, as it created some very atmospheric pads and synth beds that were beautiful and mysterious. Atmosphere was a very useful tool for this project, as was Trilogy for some of the active pulse cues. The consistent user interface and easy to understand controls made these quick and easy to use and produce great sounds. You'll hear a lot of these in the score, and these made a real contribution to the Elfman palette."

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